Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Not all good shots happen at dawn...

Survived the raft trip! On the last day of this short trip to Arizona, we spent a couple of hours in the Desert Botanical Gardens. Many different kinds of wildflowers were in bloom, the Chihuly glass exhibit was set up in the gardens, and the place wasn't too busy. I was lucky enough to find this small patch of young Saguaro cacti, backlit from the mid-morning sunshine.

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  1. Excellent example of effective backlighting, I think. This is beautiful....

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  2. They almost glow - beautiful lighting!!

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  3. Very pretty shot. They do seem to glow!

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  4. The backlighting on this is fabulous!

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  5. Good example of back lighting. I'm still looking for mine.

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  6. The lighting does make this special.

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  7. nice job with that mid morning light! It outlines each cactus

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  8. Beautiful lighting. Right time...right place!!

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  9. Great shot! Don't you just love this garden? I have several shots of the glass exhibit earlier in my blog - it was a wonderful show!

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  10. Like a golden halo - just lovely!

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  11. Love the composition and the backlighting is fabulous!

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  12. The lighting really adds texture to the photo. Beautiful!

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